U.S. District Judge James Cohn (Southern District, Florida) recently issued an Order moving the Hernandez v. IGE trial date (.pdf) pursuant to the parties’ joint request last week. The parties had sought a three week trial commencing February 16, 2009, citing the involvement of new counsel for IGE, the complexity of the case, and the [...]

A number of VB’s readers are lawyers and executives who are interested in virtual worlds, but who don’t have a virtual world presence yet. Setting one up just got a little easier. Second Life is the leading world at the moment, and frankly, it is a bit of a pain to get started there. The [...]

Welcome to Blawg Review #156, hosted at Virtually Blind. Blawg Review is a weekly traveling roundup of legal news from around the legal blogosphere. I’ve followed Blawg Review for a long time, and I’m excited to host it this week. If you’re a regular Blawg Review reader visiting VB for the first time, I hope [...]

Lawyers for both sides of Hernandez v. IGE jointly filed two motions this week asking the court for a status conference (.pdf) and asking the court to extend all key deadlines (.pdf). Exhibits include the first round of each side’s requests for production of documents and interrogatories, providing an early look at each side’s strategy. [...]

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